[Feature Request] mc from source

Upstream Slackware repository have a bad track record of keeping up to date with midnight commander (mc) stable releases.

 

Given how many unRAIDers rely on mc it is not ideal to be so far behind.

 

Requst that mc be ocmpiled from source with each release rather than rely on the upstream repo:

 

By ways of an example currently v6b12 as mc 4.8.10 which is 18 months old and missing:

 

Major changes since 4.8.10

Core

 

    Print warnings about unknown '--with-' / '--enable-' configure options (#3029)

    Live update of panels size when editing layout (#3060)

    Support "Compute totals" option in move file operation (#2075)

 

VFS

 

    rpm extfs

        show dependency version (#2812)

        support tar payload (#3064)

        improve support for EPOCH tag (#1588)

        add support for PREINPROG/POSTINPROG/PREUNPROG/POSTUNPROG, VERIFYSCRIPTPROG and TRIGGERSCRIPTS/TRIGGERSCRIPTPROG tags (#1588)

 

Editor

 

    Support "bracketed paste mode" of xterm (#2661)

    Clarify Java syntax highlighting (#3057)

 

Viewer

Diff viewer

Misc

 

    Code cleanup and refactoring (#3051, #3066)

 

Fixes

 

    FTBFS on GNU Hurd (#3053, #3071)

    Segfault while moving files (#3059, #3105)

    Broken handling of mc command line arguments (#3047)

    Copy/move doesn't work if num_history_items_recorded=0 (#3076)

    No subdir path completion in current dir, if stub is not starting with './' (#3018)

    Deprecated "find -perm +xxx" syntax is used (#3089)

    Home, End, Shift-Fn keys don't work in tmux (#2978)

    Improper [en|dis]abling of layout dialog split adjustment buttons (#3061)

    Bogus strings in 'Confirmation' config dialog (#2271)

    "Configure options" first entry not highlighted (#3084)

    "Setup saved to ~/.config/mc/ini" message is misleading (#3096)

    F3 doesn't work on .so files in FreeBSD 9.x (#3101)

    Typo in mc.lib: "less=%filename +%linenog" instead of "+%lineno" (part of #3044)

    Wrong order of filename and line number for external editor (part of #3044)

    mcedit: tabs are lost when text is pasted (#1797 as part of #2661)

    mcedit: question on large file treats Escape as Yes (#3107)

    Broken case-sensitive search in editor/viewer/diffviewer (#3069)

    Changes to files in nested .zip archives are lost (#3070)

    Incorrect handling of filenames with spaces with unrar v5 (#3073)

    iso9660 VFS: filenames truncating in ISO file listing (#3091)

    vfs_path_from_str_flags() doesn't support VPF_STRIP_HOME (#3098)

    Bright colors are used as background colors in 16-color skins (#3050)

    Various defects in documentation (#3052, #3092)

 

Major changes since 4.8.11

Core ¶

 

    Speed up of file find (#2290)

    If cwd is a symlink it is kept at startup (#3093)

    Improve support of Zsh (#3121, #3124, #3125, #3177)

    Launch external editor/viewer without passing line number (#3117)

    Exit without confirmation by default (#3132)

    Simple user-friendly skin selector (#2165, #3178)

    Use Joliet and RockRidge? in ISO9660 image view action (#3187)

 

VFS

 

    Use .zip extension as preferred way to recognize ZIP archives (#2857)

 

Editor

 

    Configurable selection reset on CK_Store (#3111)

 

Viewer

Diff viewer

Misc

 

    Code cleanup (#3113, #3151)

    Adjust script permissions to installed ones (#2274)

    Fix name of FSF in add source files (#3167)

    Skin cleanups (#3180, #3184)

    Do not consider "String not found" message as error (#3179)

 

Fixes

 

    Broken build with NCurses (#3114)

    Incorrect tilde expansion in copy/rename/move dialog (#3131)

    Advanced chown: Escape on user list accepts value (#3150)

    Toggling hidden files using mouse doesn't update the other panel (#3156)

    Question mark in delete confirmation is on its own line (#3123)

    Popup dialogs wander upwards upon resize (#3173)

    Keypad '*' doesn't work with numlock off (#3133)

    Some inconsistencies in "Learn keys" UI (#3134)

    Unconventional behavior of "Display bits" dialog (#3152)

    Shift-Fn keys don't work in 256-color mode of tmux (#2978)

    mcedit: format paragraph produces inconsistent wrapping (#3119)

    mcedit: file out-of-date check on saving is botched (#3142)

    mcedit: 1st line is shifted after paragraph format (#1666)

    mcedit: trailing newline check applied too early when exiting (#3140)

    Inconsistency of the arrow's direction in the panel header line across skins (#3157)

    Possible segfault while passing messages to widgets (#3116)

    Possible segfault when freeing a VFS (#3116)

    Segfault in cpio VFS while reading corrupted RPM (#3116)

    Segfault in sftpfs VFS when trying to view a file (#3176)

    Incorrect handling of filenames with unrar v5 (#3073)

    FISH VFS: remote panel confused by filenames with '%' (#2983)

    iso9660: xorriso shows only one depth (#3122)

    Nicedark skin looks bad on black-on-white terminals (#3154)

    Incorrect definition of "topmiddle" and "bottommiddle" characters (#3183)

 

Major changes since 4.8.12

Core

 

    New engine of user-friendly interruption of long-time operations (#2136)

 

VFS

Editor

 

    Improvements of syntax highlighting:

        CMake (#3216)

        PHP (#3230)

    Translate language names in the spelling assistant dialogue (#3233)

 

Viewer

 

    Add separate normal(default) colour pair for viewer (#3204)

    Dealing with utf-8 man pages in view/open (#1539)

    "Goto line" is 1-based now (#3245)

 

Diff viewer

Misc

 

    Code cleanup (#3189, #3223, #3242)

    Add new skins: gray-green-purple256 and gray-orange-blue256 (#3190)

 

Fixes

 

    First Backspace/Delete? is ignored after mouse click in an input widget (#3225)

    Recursive find file doesn't work on Samba share (#3097)

    Recursive find file doesn't work on Windows NFS share (#3202)

    Incorrect file counter in move operation (#3196, #3209)

    "Directory scanning" window is too narrow (#3162)

    Colon is not recognized inside escape seq in prompt (#3241)

    Quick view doesn't grab focus on mouse click (#3251)

    fish subshell: overridden prompt (#3232, #3237)

    mcviewer: broken switch between raw and parse modes (#3219)

    mcviewer: incorrect percentage in mcview hex mode (#3258)

    RAR VFS incorrectly recognizes UnRAR version (#3240)

    viewbold and viewselected are missing from some skins (#3244)

    Incorrect enconding name for manual page (#3239)

    "User menu -> View manual page" doesn't do coloring (#3243)

Major changes since 4.8.13

Core

 

    Add new panel binding "SelectExt?" to select/unselect files with the same extension as the current file (#3228)

    Speed up of directory size calculation (#3247)

 

VFS

Editor

 

    New syntax highlighting support:

        puppet (#3266)

 

Viewer

 

    Rewrite mcview's rendering and scrolling (#3250, #3256)

        no more partial lines at the top and failure to scroll when Up or Down is pressed;

        better handling of CJK characters;

        handle combining accents;

        improved nroff support;

        more conventional scrolling behavior at the end of the file.

 

Diff viewer

Misc

 

    Code cleanup (#3265)

    Bind poedit to Edit action for .po files (#3287)

 

Fixes

 

    Fail to build against musl libc (#3267)

    Error compiling with glib 2.20.3 (#3333)

    contrib/*.?sh are not recreated after rerun of configure (#3181)

    File rename handles zero-length substitutions incorrectly (#2952)

    Lose files on "Skip" when "Cannot preallocate space for target file" (#3297)

    Info panel can't obtain file system statistics on Solaris (#3277)

    mcedit: paste from clipboard does not work (#3339)

    mcviewer: hang when viewing broken man page (#2966)